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TIL: French Canadians has a tale featuring a La Chasse-galerie or "Bewitched Canoe". Lumberjacks made a deal with the devil for a flying canoe to visit their lovers quickly. The condition was they can't fly over churches or mention God. Their success varied each story. It was based on The Wild Hunt.

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